As part of new visa restrictions by the Trump administration, the US will no longer issue immigrant visas to Nigerian applicants. While Nigeria is not the only country affected by the “ban” (Eritrea, Kyrgyzstan, and Myanmar will also face similar restrictions while Tanzania and Sudan have been excluded from the United States’ popular visa lottery […]
Trump’s latest “visa ban” poses a threat—and an opportunity—to Nigeria’s tech ecosystem
February 10, 2020 by
Can mobile banking overcome Myanmar’s trust issues?
November 6, 2018 by
It is 5pm on a Wednesday and Yangon’s streets are at a near standstill. Sunset comes early to this city of 7.36 million. Thankfully, since it is winter, the weather is cooler and drier than the rest of the year. So as dusk descends over some of the unruliest traffic in Asia – there are […]
The Unprecedented Explosion of Smartphones in Myanmar
July 15, 2017 by
Outside the offices of an internet startup called nexlabs, a snarl of honking cars and rickshaws grinds to a standstill on a trash-strewn street lined with crumbling buildings. Inside, though, the scene could be straight out of Silicon Valley. Programmers in t-shirts and jeans tap away at laptops beneath posters exhorting them to “Innovate” and […]
ASEAN Summit: Assertive China flexes its muscles as Trump gives conflicting signals
May 3, 2017 by
Bangkok (ANN News Desk) – Obama’s pivot to Asia is dead. Despite the Trump administration’s confrontation with North Korea dominating headlines for the past several weeks, in the back channels of a major regional summit, diplomats all whispered the same thing, the pivot was over. If anything, Trump’s obsession with North Korea and the administration […]
